Hyperbaric Oxygen

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is a medical treatment in which the patient is exposed to a high ambient pressure, while he inhales medically pure oxygen. Usually, only a small part of the oxygen we breathe through the lungs can be found in dissolved form in the blood plasma. A much larger part, namely about 98 % enters the red blood cells (erythrocytes) where it binds to the haemoglobin. Due to the increased external pressure generated by the chamber, we can now dissolve 20 times higher levels of oxygen in the blood, which for the patient means numerous positive effects on syndromes and mainly includes the following mechanisms of action: